New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-27
THE NEWS IN LONDON.
AN OFFICIAL DISPATCH TO WASHINGTON
ABOUT THE FISHERIES
Mr. eLADsroNE's FIGHTING SPEECH AND Ah'
cuAMBrRI.ArN's REPLY-LoRD sALIsBURY's
HEALTH FAILING-M. DE LEssEPs IN
coRNER-THR ART EXHIBITIONS
-MME HAUK's SUCCESS
IpY CABLE 10 THE TRIBUSE-l

n.,vrfsat, 1887, NORTH Ansrtesm oaos Neos 90.
LONDON, March 2e.-The long delayed dlspato'
from the British Government to the American uoV'
srnment covering the Canadian modw
,tvcndi proposal has ut last left th'
Foreign Office and goes to WASH
ington by this mail. Canadian efforts have not
think. much modified the original purpose OF The
English Ministry. They still desire to deal with
tho sub ect broadly rather than technically. This
dispatch will probably be thought stiff on certain
points, but Lord Salisbury and his colleagues VII
be disappointed if it does not open way Tor an
amicable adjustment of the dispute on lines hon
orable to both parties.
The majority Of 50 for giving precedence t'
Coercion is rather less than was expected. Some
etanch supporters of the Government felt thai
MIR. Snith made mistake in tactics If In nothln1
else. in asking the House of CoiOmons to surren
der all its time to bill the nature and details o.
whish were not disclosed in advance. Considcra
tions of this sort coupled with repugnance TO Co
ercion induced some ten or twelve Tories and LID
eral- -Unionsts to absent themselves. The debate
has been throughout a party debate. Mr. Glad
stone for the first time openly took the lead oI
the combined Liberal and Parnenitc forces fIs'
speech against Coercion in the House on ThuTsda,
is what hs friends call fighting speech. and beth
ridcs regard il as ominous of coming trouble. Ihe
parnelltes understood it as direct encourage
ment to obstruction, which the Gladstonians have
heretofore said their leader would never descenf
TO- Members listened with amazement to what
sounded very like a menace to the Speaker based
on prospective apI licaton Of the Closure. His
protest against Coercion in any shape or form was
as vigorous his former support Of 1t when he
was himself in Office and responsible for law and
crnn,cnt was most effective. His power Of mas
tering vouminous Blue Books was shown in tn
use made of the COwper Commission report He
Of course entirely ported Mr.. Morley's amend
mcnt, which indeed nc is ssul to have draNl Hb
voice failed him long before the end came. The
general feeling in the House was that the speech
was intended rather for the country than for i'm.
mediate debating effect. 1t has exaspcrated his
opponents. who pronvunoe il a purely partisan
harangue and even some of his own followers ash
wonderingly whether Mr.. Gladstone really is goino
to take his policy from Mr.. LabOuchere.
Mr. Chambcrlains reply was in tho upcompro
missing to:.c with whrh The public is now lanJllar
Perhaps the most impressive passage was the warn
Ing to his former colleagues against allowing
Liberalism to become identified with lawlessness
la, efotr fha
Ministry in coercive as well remedial measures
The Palnellites, who gave Mr.. Gladstone the CHIEF
support he got in cheering, interrupted Mr. Cham
berlain frequently and bitterly. but seldom with
ene,t. No man is cooler in debate or reader IL
retort
Mr. Goschen had to undergo q similar experience
last night. The noise Mt one time from the Irish
benches brought him TO O fun stop. Mr. Goscher
has in fact q gift of irritating the Parnellhes by
pungent drectness of speech and force Of state
ment. Meme of tho ether speeches requires no
tice MIR. parnell's complaint at the end that NJ
time had been given to the Irish members TO dis
cuss the subject had q humorous effect in view OF
their studied silence during nearly the whole de
bate.
The Government have got the urgency they de-
nanded, but the Opposition say the bill will moi
got ON much faster for that. Obstrict on at every
stage by every Parliamentary means to be th'
order Of the day. But the Unionist alliance hold'
good even under the strain Of Coercion. The
new Closure rule has already been shown to be
efficient. and the Speaker is known to be rcsolute
On the whole the advantages in the coming strug-
gle are not all on one side.
Lord Salsbury's health exctes continued
easincss anong his friends who soy hc is rather
going down hill than up. and complain that he
continues to work twice as much as he should anf
insists on dealing himself with all the most diff
cult and intricate subjects His speech last night
In tho House Of Lords on the Tithes presented him
in new character as friend of the tenant rathc
than the landlord. The 1ithcs have long been 8
sore subject, perhaps the most exaspcrating Of all
burdens on property. Lord Salisbuy's bill pro
poses that this tax NC levied hereafter on the
owne, instead Of the occupier.
The De Lesseps-Alcestcr controversy is one Of
the most curious in recent times. ii. de Lesseps
lately alleged with the utmost distinctness that
Lord Alcester, commanding the English nava,
forces in Egypt in 1882. had given him checS
for hundred thousand pounds MS compensation
for the damage done to the Suez Canal. after
which NJ de Lesseps had placed the admnistra
tion OF the canal at the disposal Of the English
Ihls Lord Alcester denied and NJ. dc Lesseps re
affirmed the receipt of check or draft for thai
sum on the Bank of England. Lord Alcester to-
day publishes a long statement with various letter.
from officials concerned. showing clearly that nc
such check or draft was ever given, presented